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28th May – 1st June 2013
Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society©
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The Art Couture Painswick FestivalSunday 14 July 2013
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CHELTENHAMOPERATIC
& DRAMATICSOCIETY
Directed for CODS by
Jonathan Dyer
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Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions Originally Directed by Robert Jess RothThis amateur production is given by permission of Josef Weinberger Ltd on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York
28th May – 1st June 2013
Music byAlan Menken
Lyrics byHoward Ashman & Tim Rice
Book byLinda Woolverton
From our PresidentWelcome! It is good to have you with us for this exciting show.
CODS is well known for its great summer musicals at The Everyman and this year’s show continues in the line of those successes.
I have had the privilege of watching some of the production in rehearsal and I am filled with pleasurable anticipation of what lies ahead. I am delighted that you are here to share in the experience and I am confident that you are going to have a very enjoyable time.
With lots of actors, some of them very young, who have worked hard over the last few months for this moment, this has all the colour, movement, music and romance you could ask for. Let’s just sit back and enjoy ourselves!
Chris Lammiman
Chairman's Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Following last year’s hugely successful production of Oliver! – which was nominated for the NODA South West Award for Best Musical Production – we are delighted to be presenting this Disney classic. Based on the 1991 Oscar-winning Walt Disney film, our version of Beauty and the Beast contains all of the well-loved characters, the same delightful – and at times extremely powerful and dramatic – music and much more besides.
In the 12 months since Oliver!, we have produced two shows at the Playhouse Theatre, Calendar Girls and Little Shop of Horrors, both of which proved very popular with our audiences and our members. For 2013/14, we believe that we have put together an equally strong programme and I am delighted to announce that our future productions include the award winning musical, Avenue Q, Alan Bennett’s National Theatre version of The Wind in the Willows and a musical version of The Full Monty. There really is something for everyone and we hope to see you again soon.
CODS’ chosen charity for 2012 was the Cheltenham-based leukaemia charity LINC and, through the generosity of our audiences, we were proud to be able to present them with a cheque for £1000. This year, we are delighted to be supporting Age UK Gloucestershire and there will be collections after each of our performances.
Thank you for supporting Cheltenham Operatic and Dramatic Society. If you are sitting comfortably, then we will begin…
“Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle…”
Jonathan Dyer, CODS Chairman
Choreographer Sara HarwoodSara trained in ballet, tap, modern and ballroom dance. Her teachers have included Arlene Phillips and Peggy Spencer. She was a dancer for many years with CODS. Sara has choreographed for The Playhouse Theatre, Gloucester Academy of Music & Performing Arts, Leckhampton Players, The Cotswold Savoyards & The Everyman Youth Theatre. Sara has been at the helm of choreography for many CODS productions including: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Gigi; Hello, Dolly!; Me and My Girl; High Society; Calamity Jane; Singin’ in the Rain; Blitz!; Scrooge the Musical; Annie Get Your Gun; Mack and Mabel; West Side Story; The King & I; The Railway Children and The Wizard of Oz.
Director Jonathan DyerNearly 20 years after the opening of Disney's first stage venture, here we are with our own interpretation of what is now a classic. From the very beginning, we were keen that our production would be true to the Disney original whilst at the same time giving our audiences a spectacular Broadway musical in the best traditions of CODS. I hope that you feel we have succeeded in doing both.
Bringing the show to the stage has been hugely exciting but also technically challenging. Nothing in theatre happens by accident and I am extremely grateful to everyone involved in our production – both onstage and backstage – for the hard
work and commitment that has been required in producing this show. I am particularly indebted to both ‘Gillie’ and Sara for their support, patience and, above all, endless talent. This has been a team effort and, together, we hope that you are as enchanted by our story, as we are proud.
Musical Director Allan GillespieAllan studied music at the Royal Manchester College of Music (now Royal Northern), before embarking on a career in the Civil Service. He is currently a peripatetic music teacher at Cheltenham College, in addition to running his own music teaching business in partnership with his wife, Karen. Since joining CODS in 1979, Allan’s stage roles have included Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus and Steve in Paint Your Wagon. He has been MD for several CODS' productions including Die Fledermaus, Carousel, Crazy For You and The Wizard of Oz. He has also
appeared with The Cotswold Savoyards and Promenade Productions and conducted Candide, Into The Woods, Hot Mikado and several of the G & S operettas.
Tim Jones Cogsworth
Gary neJrup Lumière
HannaH BenneTT Belle
GreG asTon Beast
mens CHorus Phil Wantling, Ben Leeke, Stephen Bennett, Lionel Bassett,
Michael Fay, Mark Kibble, Stephen Santouris Mike Welsh, Chris Hannant
saraH Dyer Mrs Potts
Keir Kille Gaston
niCHolas ToBias Lefou
CaTrin roD Babette
Beverley WHiTaKer Madame de la
Grande Bouche
silly Girls Natalie Hedley-Ward
Fran Lindsay Caitlin Gallagher
laDies CHorus Carys Whitby, Pippa Thomas, Jeanette Crumpton, Julia Buck, Fiona Hale, Janice Allen, Betty Dvoracek, Leanne Soule (inset)
William roCCa Chip
DanCers Eleanor Crozier, Nicola Watson, Zoë Harwood,
Sophie Constantine, Karen Townsend
Junior ensemBle Pippa Crompton-Allison, Layla Elliot, Lana Slade
Ellie Cousins, Julia Kalap, Tayah Dunstan, Grace Anstis Megan Marsland, Daisy Williams, Polly Saunders
Jamie DeWiCK Monsieur d'Arque
Gary lines Maurice
The Castin order of appearance
Narrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben perkins
Young Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .stephen santouris
Beautiful Enchantress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .leanne soule
Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gregory aston
Belle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hannah Bennett
Lefou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nicholas Tobias
Gaston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keir Kille
Silly Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caitlin Gallagher natalie Hedley-Ward Fran lindsay
Maurice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary lines
Cogsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Jones
Lumière . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary nejrup
Babette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Catrin rod
Mrs Potts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sarah Dyer
Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William rocca
Madame de la Grande Bouche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beverley Whitaker
Monsieur d’Arque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie Dewick
Ensemble Janice allen lionel Bassett stephen Bennett Julia Buck Jeanette Crumpton Jamie Dewick Betty Dvoracek michael Fay Fiona Hale Chris Hannant mark Kibble Ben leeke stephen santouris leanne soule pippa Thomas phil Wantling mike Welsh Carys Whitby
Dancers sophie Constantine eleanor Crozier Zoë Harwood Karen Townsend nicola Watson
Junior Ensemble Grace anstis pippa Crompton-allison ellie Cousins Tayah Dunstan layla elliot Julia Kalap megan marsland lana slade polly saunders Daisy Williams
ACT 1
Prologue Orchestra
Scene 1: The Town
Belle Belle, Gaston, Lefou & Ensemble
No Matter What Maurice & Belle
No Matter What (Reprise) Maurice
Scene 2: The Forest
Wolf Chase #1 Orchestra
Scene 3: The Castle Interior
Scene 4: Exterior of Belle’s Cottage
Me Gaston & Belle
Belle Reprise Belle
Scene 5: The Castle Interior
Is This Home? Belle
Is This Home? (Reprise) Mrs Potts
Scene 6: The Tavern
Gaston Lefou, Gaston, Silly Girls & Cronies
Gaston (Reprise) Gaston & Lefou
Scene 7: The Castle Interior
How Long Must This Go On? Beast
Be Our Guest Lumiere, Chip, Mrs Potts & Ensemble
If I Can’t Love Her Beast
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ACT 2
Entr’acte Orchestra
Scene 1: The Forest
Wolf Chase #2 Orchestra
Scene 2: The Castle Interior
Something There Belle, Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth & Mrs Potts
Human Again Ensemble
Scene 3: The Tavern
Maison des Lunes Gaston, Lefou & M d’Arque
Scene 4: The Beast’s Lair/The West Wing
Beauty and the Beast Mrs Potts
If I Can’t Love Her (Reprise) Beast
Scene 5: Exterior of Belle’s Cottage
A Change in Me Belle
The Mob Song Gaston & Ensemble
Scene 6: The Castle Interior
The Battle & Fight on the Tower Orchestra
Is This Home? (Reprise) Belle
Transformation/Finale Beast, Belle & Ensemble
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Past ProductionsThe Society has staged over 350 productions in its illustrious 123 year history – too numerous to mention them all, but here are some of the more recent productions:
1990 Absent Friends The Gondoliers Die Fledermaus
1991 No Sex Please, We're British Half A Sixpence Carousel
1992 Trilby Wild Wild Women Anything Goes
1993 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Oklahoma!
1994 A Chorus of Disapproval A Murder is Announced Brigadoon
1995 Gigi Towards Zero My Fair Lady
1996 Barnum Love’s a Luxury Hello Dolly!
1997 Face the Music & Dance Time of My Life Me & My Girl
1998 High Society And Then There Were None Calamity Jane
1999 South Pacific Present Laughter The Pirates of Penzance
2000 Singin’ in the Rain Murder on the Nile Blitz!
2001 The Music Man ’Allo ’Allo Scrooge – The Musical
2002 Annie Get Your Gun Harvey Mr Cinders
2003 Mack & Mabel The Darling Buds of May
2004 Sweet Charity Jesus Christ Superstar Steel Magnolias
2005 Broadway 2 West End 42nd Street Charley’s Aunt
2006 A Chorus Line West Side Story House Guest
2007 Kiss Me Kate Crazy for You Outside Edge
2008 The Scarlet Pimpernel The King & I See How They Run
2009 The Railway Children Thoroughly Modern Millie Blithe Spirit
2010 Red Hot & Cole The Wizard of Oz 84 Charing Cross Road
2011 Summer Holiday Danny – Champion of the World Billy
2012 Gypsy Oliver! Calendar Girls
2013 Little Shop of Horrors
The OrchestraConducted by allan Gillespie
Orchestra Manager roger abbott
Violin Christine rileyCello Jenny HoodDouble Bass Jenny TaylorTrumpet steve HarperHorn laura morris
Reed 1 Helen HarperReed 2 iona BeckReed 3 roger abbottPiano Jacqueline adamsSynthesiser Karen GillespiePercussion pam smith
Acknowledgements CODS would like to thank the following for their help and support in making this
production possible: Dursley Operatic and Dramatic Society, John Gordons, Cheltenham and all members and friends of the Society who have helped with this production.
The Production TeamDirector Jonathan DyerMusical Director allan GillespieChoreographer sara HarwoodProduction Manager Judi allanStage Manager Dave HaleDeputy Stage Manager alex luckStage Crew Dan Bacon, mike Booth, adam Bottomley, James Crosby,
Dave Herbert, liz WhiteLighting Design David WhitelockAssisted by ian ChandlerFollow Spot Colin CooperSound Engineer rob prosserAssisted by max Crosby and sarah evansScenery scenic projectsRadio microphones peak light & soundWardrobe Mistress Karen WrightAssisted by mike Barwick, Daphne Herbert, Jane Johnson,
amber smith, lindsay Williams.Costumes sue pemberton of pemton ltd and Triple C's, stourbridgeProperties sophie WilliamsAssisted by Carol Bowman, Jamie Dewick, mike Hayes, Tracey isaacs,
Diane phillipsMake-up ella noble-JonesAssisted by miranda Finch, louisa Gethin, Jake Higgins, lucy Horn,
Joyce inger, Becky lingham, stewart stalker, Jacqui randle, Holly Tustin, louise Walters
Hairdressing mike BarwickWigs The Wig roomFight Coordinator stephen BennettChaperones Harriet Greenstock, sara Houston,
Kate Jenkins, Donna steedPrompt Cathy penney and Judi allanFront of House Manager sue mcDowallAssisted by members of the societyRehearsal Pianist Jacqueline adamsPublicity Karen FrankPhotography paul BridgesPrinting stroudprint
Pemton Ltd Theatrical Costume & Fancy Dress Hire Co.
Sue Pemberton Over 25 years of dressing the stage Dress the part with confidence Commissions undertaken Costume design 01452 760851 [email protected]
National Operatic & Dramatic AssociationCODS is affiliated to the National Operatic & Dramatic Association (NODA), which was formed in 1899 by amateur societies in the north-west of England for the purpose of bringing together members of amateur operatic
and dramatic groups for their mutual assistance and combined benefit.
Each year the Association holds national and regional conferences, together with competitions for poster and programme design. It runs a Summer School, with courses ranging from make-up design to stage management, giving NODA
members the opportunity to improve their craft. The Association also awards long service medals to those members who have given active and unpaid service over many years.
Today, the Association has around 2300 affiliated societies and over 2500 individual members throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. It is the only organisation of its kind devoted exclusively to the amateur stage and is entirely self-supporting.
For more details contact: NODA, 15 The Metro Centre, Peterborough, PE2 7UH Telephone: 01733 374790, website: www.noda.org.uk
CHELTENHAMOPERATIC
& DRAMATICSOCIETY
Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic SocietyCheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society has been presenting both musicals and dramatic productions in and around Cheltenham for 123 years, making it not only one of the oldest dramatic companies in Cheltenham, but also one of the oldest in the country. The Society has a membership of over 100, with an active core at any one time of around 60 members.
Today, the Society performs at both the Everyman & Playhouse theatres, producing two musicals and one play each year.
We are always on the lookout for new members to join our ranks in every and any capacity. Onstage and backstage you can be assured of a warm welcome and bags of fun. Please feel free to speak to one of our Front of House volunteers this evening or contact our Chairman, Jonathan Dyer – [email protected] or visit our website at: www.codsonline.co.uk.
Age UK Gloucestershire is a local charity that supports older people in Gloucestershire to remain independent and socially connected in later life. We help over 12,000 older people in Gloucestershire each year and all funds are raised and spent in the county.
We provide a range of services including a free information and advice service, hospital aftercare and telephone befriending. We organise day centres and technology sessions and support three amateur choirs for the over 50s. In addition we take part in national and local campaigns to draw attention to areas of concern for older people.
To find out more please visit our website at www.ageukgloucestershire.org.uk or pop into our offices at 26 Station Road, Gloucester GL1 1EW for a full range of leaflets.
We also hold an advice drop in on the first Friday of the month 9.00-13.00 at Cheltenham Borough Council office on The Promenade.
Registered charity no. 1111773
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In 1991, the original Walt Disney film Beauty and the Beast was the first animation to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Although it lost out to Silence of the Lambs, it did win two Oscars (Best Original Score and Best Original Song for Beauty and the Beast). The film also went on to become the first animation to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. However, it is believed that the catalyst for Disney turning Beauty and the Beast into their first stage venture was an article by a New York Times theatre critic describing the original animated version as the best musical of the year.
Following a Christmas try-out in Houston, Texas, Beauty and the Beast opened on Broadway on 18th April 1994 and ran until 29th July 2007 when it made way for The Little Mermaid. Its run of 5510 performances made it Broadway’s eighth-longest running musical. The West End production opened at London’s Dominion Theatre on April 29, 1997 and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1998. It ran for almost 3 years, closing on December 11, 1999.
Doctor Who?If you were lucky enough to be in the audience of Gypsy, Oliver! or Calendar Girls in Cheltenham last year, you may be surprised to know that you have a member of the medical profession to thank for your evening of quality entertainment,
In 1890 the Hussars, who were in camp at Badgeworth, were among those who received an invitation to attend Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, Trial by Jury. The venue was to be The Assembly Rooms, High Street, Cheltenham. Some of the soldiers planned to travel by carriage on the evening, while younger members had arranged to ride in, leaving their horses in livery at The Plough Hotel.
Doctor George Bagot Ferguson, a former Cheltenham College boy, was the doctor at the helm of this maiden voyage. Messrs Cavendish House on The Promenade supplied the dresses for what was to be the debut performance of Doctor Ferguson’s music class. Before the group had set foot on the stage of the Assembly Rooms Dr Ferguson was already busy planning their second public production. This was to be Iolanthe at The Winter Gardens - Cheltenham’s answer to London’s Crystal Palace.
The Assembly Rooms were demolished in 1901 to make way for a bank and The Winter Gardens during the Second World War, as they were thought to be a possible target for the German air force. However, Doctor Ferguson’s music class, one hundred and twenty three years later, is still with us, alive and kicking in the shape of Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society, fondly known as CODS.
It is hard to imagine Cheltenham without its premier theatre, The Everyman. Yet, shortly
after their debut, the founder members of CODS witnessed the famous Frank Matcham theatre being built. The theatre is believed to be the oldest surviving complete Frank Matcham theatre in the country. Doors opened on 1st October 1891. The theatre was known as The Opera House, being renamed The Everyman in 1960. Within five months, in February 1892, the music group was receiving excellent reviews for their production of Pirates of Penzance.
A fascinating publication has been written by Peter Arnold to cover the first 100 years of CODS. It is filled with rich detail and anecdotes of the evolution of Gloucestershire’s premier operatic & dramatic society. It shows as early as the 1930s that CODS members were taking full advantage of the direct rail link between London Paddington and Cheltenham St James station. Scenery used in professional London productions was transported in a specially adapted forty-five foot wagon. Horses and carts would transport the scenery from the theatre after the last Saturday night show back to St James station, often after the street lights had been extinguished at midnight. A similar operation continues today, but the scenery now arrives in an articulated lorry with a price tag of thousands of pounds.
The relationship between The Everyman and CODS continues to this day with their annual summer production being performed there. The winter and autumn shows take place at The Playhouse, which opened as a theatre in April 1945, having been an indoor swimming pool attached to the Bath Road Medical Baths.
Karen Frank – May 2013Acknowledgement: Footlights and Greasepaint by Peter Arnold – The first 100 years of Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society
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Wind In The Willows
THE FULL MONTYCheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society proudly presents for 2014. . .
MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVID YAZBEK BOOK BY TERENCE MCNALLYBASED ON THE MOTION PICTURE RELEASED BY FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
WRITTEN BY SIMON BEAUFOY. PRODUCED BY UBERTO PASOLINI AND DIRECTED BY PETER CATTANEOThis amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York
Wind In The WillowsThe
Cheltenham Operatic & Dramatic Society is delighted to announce
by Kenneth Grahame, adapted for stage by Alan BennettSongs by Jeremy Sams Additional orchestration by Jeremy Sams
Directed for CODS by Judi Allan
31st January – 8th February 2014
An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd
28 September – 5 October 2013
Cheltenham OperatiC & DramatiC SOCiety
This amateur production is given by permission of JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL of New York
music & lyrics by ROBERT LOPEZ
& JEFF MARX
Orchestrations & arrangements
by STEPHEN OREMUS
Book by JEFF WHITTY based on an original concept byROBERT LOPEZ & JEFF MARX
the musical
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